Since exercise is really easy for them, they wouldn’t burn as many calories and would have a harder time losing weight
The incredibles touch on this. Mr incredible needs to get back in shape which implies he had to work out while being a super hero.
Counter: Gorillas don’t work out and remain strong and fit.
That’s what I’ve always thought! I could never understand how Superman could get to have so much marked muscle if he is naturally able to lift tons without much effort, which makes it very difficult for him to break down his muscle fibers and regenerate them to gain muscle mass.
Unless in the Fortress of Solitude he has a gym with weights made from neutron star cores, he is much more likely to have a belly like the strongest men in real life.
Inactive Myostatin gene or it’s equivalent if they’re alien.
That’s why Homelander wears a padded suit
Invulnerability brings up the same issues. How do you break down and rebuild muscle when you are impervious to harm?
Like not only would the classic superhero physique not exist, but mutants like Wolverine would be skinny/flabby dudes.
And none of them could get IVs or any other medical treatment that called for needles or surgery.
Wolverine doesn’t count as he just heals super fast.
That’s not the point. We build muscle by tearing muscle down and growing it back. His healing super fast wouldn’t give the muscles time to grow it would just replace the muscle tissue that was there already.
Exercise barely burns any calories compared to the calories burned through your daily activities, like breathing, moving around, etc.
Think Mark, think! If you need on average 2k calories to maintain your current weight, that means your body is already burning 2k calories a day for you doing nothing extra like working out.
What working out really helps with (aside of “increasing strength”) is to keep your body in motion and flexible. When your body is in motion it will ramp up your metabolism throughout the day (comparatively to a sedentary lifestyle).
Also, you have a default level of strength that does not need exercise to maintain. So if I can lift a 40lb bag of dog food with ease, then I can keep doing that regardless of I work out. Now, factor in that if my job was to load and unload 40lb bags of dog food every day, I’d probably get stronger just because my job is my exercise.
Sorry for the rambling, but my point is that there is so much more to being fit and healthy than simply exercising (and I imagine super heroes do all those other things too by way of their “job”).
Strength training really doesn’t burn a lot of fat unless you’re doing a lot of reps and specifically targeting the muscles most surrounded by fatty tissue. Most cardio exercises don’t become easier just because you’re stronger, unless you’re wearing weights.
This is an accurate take.
With superhuman strength, you need to exercise 6-8 hours per day for minor benefits, whereas most regular people start seeing benefits from even 15 minutes of moderate walking per day.
Maybe their super strength doesn’t apply to cardio stamina and they can still get fit by running really fast or something.
